For a great read on how we are manipulated read this book: The Social <http://www.amazon.com/Social-Animal-Elliot-Aronson/dp/071675715X> Animal. It's a psychology text that deals mostly with other things but it does talk about how we can be manipulated. I read a different edition during the Clinton Administration and was blown away when I realized how much we were being manipulated by the government (and it applies to ALL administrations) I just happened to read it during that one. It also opens your eyes to advertizing and a lot of other actions designed to change behavior.
It's also got a lot of great info on the best way to raise your kids. Not what to teach them but how to teach them so they learn what you want. For example, if the punishment is too weak, people won't change their behavior, if the punishment is severe then people don't do something because of the fear of the punishment alone, a measured punishment will give say 80% of the reason not to do something and the person needs to fill in the other 20% - it gets filled in with "because that's the correct way to behave", thus too lax or too strict don't work - it's the middle ground that makes us better. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:33 AM Cc: Miata Power List Subject: Re: Response: ABC News' John Stossel Blows Lid off ObamaCare What scares me is not that this was posted, but that someone is actually FOR this mess. I guess it just goes to show you that if you can control the media you can control people's thinkings. Remember the TV series Spin City? There are people who's job is to make you think black is white. On Sep 24, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Donni wrote: Yeah I hate it too! I engaged just this once because it's a subject I'm passionate about and I think we don't do enough of our own research on it. Most of us listen to the politicians and talking heads and try to from an opinion instead of investigating other systems and looking at data on our own. Back to what we can all agree on please...Miatae.... On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:37 AM, David <[email protected]> wrote: FFS can we keep the political junk off this list? On Sep 24, 2009, at 9:01 AM, "Bob Hotaling" <[email protected]> wrote: Ur always a good read, Jerry. Good to see you haven't lost any of it over the years. :) Interesting comments by all. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:53 AM Subject: Re: Response: ABC News' John Stossel Blows Lid off ObamaCare In a message dated 9/24/2009 8:47:49 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] writes: Health care is expensive because health care IS expensive. What bothers me is that the discussion seems to be much more about who pays and not why it's so expensive. Tort reform and government deregulation could, by some optomistic estimates, reduce the cost of health care by 50 percent, but the dems don't want tort reform, Obama said so in a couple of his speeches Nor do the dems want deregulation, they want more regulation, much more. Research is necessarily massively expensive. Research is necessary for good health care. Government regulation and massive lawyers fees and lawsuit payouts are not necessary. Scott Where have you been? Just last week in his televised speech (I think it was last week - could have been the week before) The Prez said he WANTED that very reform. On the other hand, how many actual malpractice cases are settled or go to court and result in awards every year? Do you honestly believe that the cost of such cases is enough to drive health care through the roof for a nation of 300,000,000 citizens? If there are THAT many malpractice suits, then the problem is not the law, is is the incompetence of physicians in performing their work. Jerry aka LGO _____ _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower -- Anyone who uses the terms "irregardless," "a whole 'nother" or "all of the sudden" shall be sent to a work camp! -Stewie Griffin _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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